Jill Stein, Leah Miko, Brittany Pausch

Internet Safety Video

“Children’s use of computers in contexts outside the school has increased dramatically in the past few years…Concern has therefore arisen for unsupervised children’s safety when surfing the web…”

Jocelyn Wishart, “Internet Safety in Emerging Educational Context”

School’s responsibility◦ “But still, a new survey shows that a significant

number of teachers feel insufficiently prepared to handle the new responsibility, having received little professional development to help them discuss those topics with students.” – Kevin Butler

Educating students◦ Cyber bullying◦ Online predators

What is “cyber bullying”?◦A) When a friend pushes you around and is mean to you.

◦B) When someone is mean or unkind to you over the internet.

◦C) When someone writes a mean note to you.

How can a person be cyber bullied?◦A) Email, texting, websites, or Facebook

◦B) Phone calls, notes, or pictures◦C) Kicks, shoves, mean words, or pushes

True or False:◦Teaching students the basis of cyberethics doesn’t matter when it comes to internet safety.

True or False:◦The school have no control over what students view on the internet while at school.

Teacher-Student Workshops◦ Cyberethics

Filtering/Spam programs State funding

Certain materials would not be considered to be “harmful to minors” unless they were considered to be obscene for year olds. A. 12 B. 17 C. 15 D. 10

True or False: There is also filtering on teacher computers in schools.

MUST filter computers

Filtering adults◦ Supreme Court cases

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Wishart, Jocelyn. "Internet safety in emerging educational contexts." Computers & Education 43.1/2 (2004): 193. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 13 Mar. 2011